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Mary Didoardo "River" - Abstract Oil Painting on Wood Panel
Located in New York, NY
Mary Didoardo River, 2022 oil on wood panel 40 x 30 in. (dido099) This small abstract oil painting on wood by Mary Didoardo features her signature layering technique and looping lin...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Mary Didoardo "Tempest" - Small Abstract Oil Painting on Wood Panel
Located in New York, NY
Mary Didoardo Tempest, 2022 oil on wood panel 8 x 8 in. (dido098) This small abstract oil painting on wood by Mary Didoardo features her ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Gudrun Mertes-Frady "Cool Play" Abstract oil and metallic media on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Gudrun Mertes-Frady Cool Play, 2015-17 oil and metallic media on canvas 44 x 45 in. (mer160) This original contemporary abstract oil painting by Gudrun Mertes-Frady features bold si...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Conny Goelz Schmitt "Flyer" - Wall sculpture made of vintage book parts
Located in New York, NY
Conny Goelz Schmitt Flyer, 2020 vintage book parts 12 x 16 x 12 in. (schm038) This bright and colorful wall art is crafted out of vintage book parks...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Heater
By Julian Jackson
Located in New York, NY
Julian Jackson Heater, 2021 Watercolor on paper 24 x 18 in. (jack300) This original watercolor paper by Julian Jackson features soft atmospheric shades of rust and grey in hazy line...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Tamar Zinn "Behind Closed Eyes 20" -- Abstract Oil Painting on Panel
Located in New York, NY
Tamar Zinn Behind Closed Eyes 20, 2019 oil on wood panel 42 x 28 in. (zinn1025) This colorful abstract oil painting on panel features layered, painterly swathes of white and blue th...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Martina Nehrling "Sequencing 4" -- Colorful Abstract Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Martina Nehrling Sequencing 4, 2019 acrylic on Montval 16 x 20 in. (neh188) This small painting on paper features thick, dimensional brushstrokes of acrylic paint on Montval paper i...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Sarah Irvin "Impression" Abstract Ink Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Irvin Impression, 2019 ink on Yupo paper 48 x 56 in. (irv069) Sarah Irvin creates dynamic, rich images that contain an activated freshness while ruminating on the strength and...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Sarah Irvin "Classification" Abstract Ink Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Irvin Classification, 2019 ink on Yupo paper 46 x 53 in. (irv068) Sarah Irvin creates dynamic, rich images that contain an activated freshness while ruminating on the strength...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Sarah Irvin "We Have to Live in the World" Abstract Ink Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Irvin We Have to Live in the World, 2019 ink on Yupo paper 50 1/2 x 54 1/4 in. (irv073) Sarah Irvin creates dynamic, rich images that contain an activated freshness while rumi...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Sarah Irvin "Tilt in That Direction" Abstract Ink Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Irvin Tilt in That Direction, 2019 ink on Yupo paper 34 x 53 1/2in. (irv074) Sarah Irvin creates dynamic, rich images that contain an activated freshness while ruminating on t...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Sarah Irvin "Masking" - Abstract Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Irvin Masking, 2019 ink on Yupo paper 28 ½ x 51 ½ in. This abstract ink painting on Yupo paper plays with transparency and color in shades of green, pink, magenta, and turquoi...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Gudrun Mertes-Frady "BETWEEN THE LINES #8" -- Abstract Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Gudrun Mertes-Frady BETWEEN THE LINES #8, 2018 water-based and metallic media on mylar 19 x 24 in. This original abstract painting by Gudrun Mertes-Frady is neutral in color palette...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mylar, Paint, Mixed Media

Gudrun Mertes-Frady "Lines of Flight" -- Abstract Painting
Located in New York, NY
Gudrun Mertes-Frady Lines of Flight, 2017 water-based and metallic media on Mylar 42 x 30 in. This contemporary abstract minimalist painting on Mylar paper is subtly metallic, and s...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Mylar, Mixed Media

Gudrun Mertes-Frady "Music of Chance #112" Abstract Painting
Located in New York, NY
Gudrun Mertes-Frady Music of Chance #112, 2016 water-based and metallic media on Mylar 19 x 24 in. This original abstract mixed media painting on Mylar by Gudrun Mertes Frady featur...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mylar

Sarah Irvin "Outbreak" - Abstract Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Irvin Outbreak, 2015 ink on Yupo 26 x 40 in. This abstract ink painting on Yupo paper plays with transparency and color in shades blue and gray. "In this work I write cursive...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Ink, Paper

Marilla Palmer "Parrot, Poppy, and Lily" Pressed Flowers on Paper
Located in New York, NY
"After years of nature-based artwork, in Spring 2020 I became an Anthomaniac. Covid was raging in NYC so I retreated with my family Northwest Connecticut. Nature, for so many of us, ...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Sequins, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Eric Blum "Untitled no. 977" Ink, Silk, and Beeswax on Panel
Located in New York, NY
Eric Blum mines the indeterminate area on the periphery of what is actually seen. The mostly monochromatic paintings employ his signature ingredients of ink, silk and beeswax. Transp...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Silk, Ink, Wax

Josette Urso "Sea Rose" Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
"I paint directly and urgently from life. My paintings are “moment-to-moment” extrapolations. In them, I tap a kind of “hyper” or “trippy” vision, as I look simultaneously in all di...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Watercolor

Nancy Cohen "Light Lines" Paper Pulp on Handmade Paper
Located in New York, NY
"Line is the operative formal element in the work shown here, but there are many other lines in play. Pieces walk a line between drawings that might be tapestries or sculptures or p...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Paper, Handmade Paper

Josette Urso "Wild Wood" Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
"I paint directly and urgently from life. My paintings are “moment-to-moment” extrapolations. In them, I tap a kind of “hyper” or “trippy” vision, as I look simultaneously in all di...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Watercolor

Erin O'Brien "A Decade" - Abstract Acrylic Painting on Raw Linen Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Erin O'Brien A Decade, 2021 acrylic on linen 25 x 20 in. (obri013) This original acrylic painting by Erin O'Brien features painterly abstract shapes in shade...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Raw Linen, Acrylic

Marilla Palmer "Waiting for Iris" - Watercolor and Pressed Flowers on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Marilla Palmer Waiting for Iris, 2022 watercolor, pressed petals, foil, velvet, sequin, Durabrite print on Arches Hot Press paper 15 x 11 in. (pal212) This original artwork by Maril...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Fabric, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Ky Anderson "Vertical Plotting" Large Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
"My work falls somewhere between abstraction, formalism and narrative painting. I see the content and story when I look at my work, but shape and color are equally important, along w...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Stanley Bielen "Simple Virtue" - Framed Still Life Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Stanley Bielen Simple Virtue, 2022 oil on paper/mounted 9 x 10 in. framed size: 16 x 17 in. (bie048) This beautiful still life oil painting by Stanley...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

Erin O'Brien "Second Distance" - Abstract Acrylic Painting on Raw Linen Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Erin O'Brien Second Distance, 2020 acrylic on linen 25 x 20 in. (obri019) This original acrylic painting by Erin O'Brien features painterly abstract shapes in shades of maroon, yell...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Canvas, Raw Linen, Acrylic

Maeve D'Arcy "Off the Record" - Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Maeve D'Arcy Off The Record, 2022 oil on canvas 24 x 20 in. (dar071) This contemporary abstract oil painting on canvas is composed of delicate repetitive mark making on organic shap...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marilla Palmer "Communicating Flowers" - Watercolor and Pressed Flowers on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Marilla Palmer Communicating Flowers, 2022 watercolor, pressed petals, sequin, stitching, Durabrite print on Arches Hot Press paper 15 x 11 in. (pal213) This original artwork by Marilla Palmer is a twist on the traditional Victorian botanical drawing, delicately painted with watercolor and collaged pressed flowers...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Deborah Dancy "State of Being 20" - Abstract Acrylic Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Deborah Dancy State of Being 20, 2021 acrylic on paper 38 x 30 in. (dan041) This original contemporary abstract work on paper by Deborah Dancy is comprised of black, white, and grey paint, in her signature built up/re-built space that as she says, "operate in a realm in which beauty and tension simultaneously exist without explanation or narrative." Deborah Dancy is an abstract artist. Her paintings and drawings are sensuous provocations beset with marks that guide, then abruptly collide into confrontational slabs of color. There is an atmosphere of complex but urgent tension in her work, as she builds tangential linear demarcations, and abutting shapes, that provoke, entice and disrupt; -taking us everywhere and nowhere. From densely painted forms to more minimally declared images, Dancy’s work operates in the recognition that meanderings, intentional and accidental declarations are best when the beautiful and the disconcerting exist simultaneously. Deborah Dancy was born in Bessemer, Alabama and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She earned BFA from Illinois Wesleyan University and an MS and an MFA from Illinois State University. She is the recipient of John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a Yaddo Fellow, and a National Endowment of the Arts NEFA award. Her work is in many collections including The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Birmingham Museum of Art, The Hunter Museum and The Detroit Institute of Art. N’Namdi Contemporary Miami, Robischon Gallery...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Lisa Breslow "Skyline 3" - Impressionist Cityscape Monotype
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Breslow Skyline 3, 2022 monotype image size: 10.5 x 22 in. paper size: 19 x 30 in. (bres306) This original monotype by Lisa Breslow depicts an abstract New York City skyline ov...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Monotype

Sara MacCulloch "Beach from water" - Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Sara MacCulloch Beach from water, 2022 oil on canvas 30 x 40 in. (macc093) This original oil painting on canvas by Sara MacCulloch depicts a serene and beautiful coastal beach inlet...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Deborah Dancy "In Short Order" - Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Deborah Dancy In Short Order, 2021 oil on canvas 26 x 24 in. (dan031) This original contemporary abstract oil painting on canvas by Deborah Dancy is comprised of blue, orange, cream, and black hues in her signature built up/re-built space. Deborah Dancy is an abstract artist. Her paintings and drawings are sensuous provocations beset with marks that guide, then abruptly collide into confrontational slabs of color. There is an atmosphere of complex but urgent tension in her work, as she builds tangential linear demarcations, and abutting shapes, that provoke, entice and disrupt; -taking us everywhere and nowhere. From densely painted forms to more minimally declared images, Dancy’s work operates in the recognition that meanderings, intentional and accidental declarations are best when the beautiful and the disconcerting exist simultaneously. Deborah Dancy was born in Bessemer, Alabama and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She earned BFA from Illinois Wesleyan University and an MS and an MFA from Illinois State University. She is the recipient of John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a Yaddo Fellow, and a National Endowment of the Arts NEFA award. Her work is in many collections including The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Birmingham Museum of Art, The Hunter Museum and The Detroit Institute of Art. N’Namdi Contemporary Miami, Robischon...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Deborah Dancy "Just a Disguise" - Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Deborah Dancy Just a Disguise, 2021 oil on canvas 36 x 38 in. (dan032) This original contemporary abstract oil painting on canvas by Deborah Dancy is comprised of pink, grey, orange, and cream hues in her signature built up/re-built space. Deborah Dancy is an abstract artist. Her paintings and drawings are sensuous provocations beset with marks that guide, then abruptly collide into confrontational slabs of color. There is an atmosphere of complex but urgent tension in her work, as she builds tangential linear demarcations, and abutting shapes, that provoke, entice and disrupt; -taking us everywhere and nowhere. From densely painted forms to more minimally declared images, Dancy’s work operates in the recognition that meanderings, intentional and accidental declarations are best when the beautiful and the disconcerting exist simultaneously. Deborah Dancy was born in Bessemer, Alabama and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She earned BFA from Illinois Wesleyan University and an MS and an MFA from Illinois State University. She is the recipient of John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a Yaddo Fellow, and a National Endowment of the Arts NEFA award. Her work is in many collections including The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Birmingham Museum of Art, The Hunter Museum and The Detroit Institute of Art. N’Namdi Contemporary Miami, Robischon...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Susan English "Winter Sound" - Abstract Tinted Polymer Painting on Panel
Located in New York, NY
Susan English Winter Sound, 2022 tinted polymer on Dibond panel 59 x 48 in. (eng159) At the core of Susan English's work are the ideas of space, boundaries, and perception. The peri...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Panel, Polymer

Eric Blum "Untitled no. 972" - Contemporary Mixed Media Painting on Panel
Located in New York, NY
Eric Blum Untitled no. 972, 2022 ink, silk & beeswax on panel 59 x 47 in. (blum075) In Eric Blum’s mostly monochromatic paintings, ink permeates silk in soft gradients, which abrupt...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silk, Ink, Wax, Panel

Laura Fayer "Sparkle Tide 303" - Abstract Acrylic Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Laura Fayer Sparkle Tide 303, 2022 acrylic and Japanese paper on paper 30 x 22.5 in. (fay159) Fayer's mixed media paintings evoke an ephemeral natural world, poised in a delicate ba...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Ana Zanic "Blush Nebula (W-2021-12-14)" - Abstract Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Ana Zanic Blush Nebula (W-2021-12-14), 2021 watercolor on paper 22 x 30 in. (zan240) This contemporary abstract watercolor painting features large, gestural strokes of pink, grey, a...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Sara MacCulloch "Beach Inlet" - Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Sara MacCulloch Beach Inlet, 2021 oil on canvas 60 x 60 in. (macc089) This original oil painting on canvas by Sara MacCulloch depicts a serene and beautiful coastal beach inlet in s...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ana Zanic "Blush Nebula (W-2021-12-13)" - Abstract Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Ana Zanic Blush Nebula (W-2021-12-13), 2021 watercolor on paper 22 x 30 in. (zan239) This contemporary abstract watercolor painting features large, gestural strokes of pink, grey, a...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Sara MacCulloch "South Harbour" - Coastal scene oil painting on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Sara MacCulloch South Harbour , 2021 oil on canvas 16 x 16 in. (macc083) This original oil painting on canvas by Sara MacCulloch depicts a serene and beautiful coastal beach scene i...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gudrun Mertes-Frady "Cool Play" Abstract oil and metallic media on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Gudrun Mertes-Frady Cool Play, 2015-17 oil and metallic media on canvas 44 x 45 in. (mer160) "In my paintings, I use metallic pigments, like aluminum and graphite. I also use mica p...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sara MacCulloch "Rosebushes in Kingsport" - Beach scene oil painting on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Sara MacCulloch Rosebushes in Kingsport, 2021 oil on canvas 16 x 16 in. (macc088) This original oil painting on canvas by Sara MacCulloch depicts a serene and beautiful coastal beac...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ana Zanic "Blush Nebula W-2021-5-17" - Abstract watercolor on paper
Located in New York, NY
Ana Zanic Blush Nebula W-2021-5-17, 2021 watercolor on paper 22 x 30 in. (zan218) This contemporary abstract watercolor painting features large, gestural strokes of transparent pink...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Sarah Irvin "Frame of Reference" - Abstract ink on Yupo paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Irvin Frame of Reference , 2020 ink on Yupo paper 45 x 56 in. (irv087) Sarah Irvin's work is concerned with explorations of autobiography, family history, genetic heritage, an...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Ink, Synthetic Paper

Ky Anderson "Bird Conservation" - Abstract acrylic and ink on watercolor paper
Located in New York, NY
Ky Anderson Bird Conservation, 2018 acrylic and ink on watercolor paper 60 x 72 in. (and336) Ky Anderson’s geometric, abstract paintings are in fact referential of quotidian subject...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Deborah Dancy "It's Now or Never" - Abstract oil painting on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Deborah Dancy It's Now or Never, 2021 oil on canvas 22 x 22 in. (dan005) This original contemporary abstract painting by Deborah Dancy is comprised of hues of black, white, brown, blue and yellow in her signature built up/re-built space that as she says, "operate in a realm in which beauty and tension simultaneously exist without explanation or narrative." I like to deal with fragments. Because no matter what the thought would be if it were fully worked out, it wouldn’t be as good as the suggestion of a thought that the space gives you. Nothing fully worked out could be so arresting, spooky. — Anne...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Deborah Dancy "Until Tomorrow" - Abstract oil on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Deborah Dancy Until Tomorrow, 2021 oil on canvas 20 x 20 in. (dan012) This original contemporary abstract painting by Deborah Dancy is comprised of grey, brown, white, and black hues, in her signature built up/re-built space that as she says, "operate in a realm in which beauty and tension simultaneously exist without explanation or narrative." I like to deal with fragments. Because no matter what the thought would be if it were fully worked out, it wouldn’t be as good as the suggestion of a thought that the space gives you. Nothing fully worked out could be so arresting, spooky. — Anne Carson...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ice Kiss
Located in New York, NY
Josette Urso Ice Kiss, 2018 Paper collage 36 x 36 in. (urso220) Josette Urso writes that working with collage “satisfies my natural and lifelong ‘collector’ and ‘archivist’ sensibi...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Magazine Paper

Maeve D'Arcy "Lather, Rinse, Repeat (Tuesday)" - Abstract ink drawing on paper
Located in New York, NY
Maeve D'Arcy Lather, Rinse, Repeat (Tuesday), 2021 ink on paper 22 x 30 in. (dar036) This contemporary abstract ink and acrylic drawing on paper intricate mark-making in linear form...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Prince
Located in New York, NY
Peter Hoffer Prince, 2020 oil, acrylic and resin on panel 36 x 60 in (hoff187) This original landscape painting on panel by Peter Hoffer is simultaneously contemporary and tradition...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin, Oil, Acrylic

Maeve D'Arcy "Lather, Rinse, Repeat (Sunday)" - Ink drawing on paper
Located in New York, NY
Maeve D'Arcy Rinse, Lather, Repeat (Sunday), 2021 ink on paper 22 x 30 in. (dar 038) This contemporary abstract ink and acrylic drawing on paper intricate mark-making in linear form...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

C5.2020
Located in New York, NY
Antony Densham C5.2020, 2020 acrylic on canvas 36 x 27 in. (den002) This abstract acrylic painting on canvas by Antony Densham features cool, earthy tones rendered in gestural, pain...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Josette Urso "Silo" -- Abstract Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Josette Urso Silo, 2019 watercolor on paper 6 x 6 in. (urso211) This small watercolor on paper features abstract red and blue linear shapes against a background of textured brushstr...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Santa Baby
Located in New York, NY
Josette Urso Santa Baby, 2019 Paper collage 36 x 36 in. (urso221) Josette Urso writes that working with collage “satisfies my natural and lifelong ‘collector’ and ‘archivist’ sensib...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Magazine Paper

Inspired by Rainbows
Located in New York, NY
Marilla Palmer Inspired by Rainbows, 2021 watercolor, pressed flowers, Durabrite print, mulberry paper on Arches paper 30 x 40 in. overall 4 panels at 15 x...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor

Travel
Located in New York, NY
Susan English Travel, 2021 tinted polymer on aluminum composite 24 x 91 in. (eng122) At the core of Susan English's work are the ideas of space, boundaries, and perception. The peri...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

Liquid Matter
Located in New York, NY
Nancy Cohen Liquid Matter, 2019 Glass, ceramic and wire 12 x 7 x 6 in. (coh046) For years, waterways have figured heavily in Cohen's work. 'There is something almost human to me in...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Wire

Single Fold No. 7
Located in New York, NY
Susan English Single Fold No. 7, 2021 Tinted polymer on Yupo 26 x 23 in. (eng127) At the core of Susan English's work are the ideas of space, boundaries, and perception. The periphe...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

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